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outrun

[out-ruhn] / ˌaʊtˈrʌn /
VERB
run faster than
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Yet back-to-back red cards against Burnley and Arsenal followed, Chelsea continue to be outrun in the Premier League, and lapses in concentration have become a weekly gripe from the 41-year-old.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"I think she thought she would outrun me," says Hutchcroft.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The film's final sequence sees Bob desperately searching for his daughter as she tries to outrun Lockjaw in the desert.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Conflagrations abound—in one, a pair of rabbits anxiously scamper across a road to outrun the flames.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Roz tried her best to outrun the bears.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown